Posted on 01/09/2012 3:02:59 PM PST by L.A.Justice
Watch “Insideous”. Perhaps the scariest movie I’ve seen in years.
I agree. The new Planet of the Apes movie was the most impressive movie I saw of 2011, no list of “best movies” is complete without it. The story was intelligent and the special effects were better than Avatar. The movie blew the crappy 2001 Planet of the Apes remake out of the water.
I agree. It was the best movie I saw this year. Or should I say the best half movie. They left so many plot lines unresolved I've got to figure there is a follow up sequel (the second half) coming this summer.
Malcolm McLaren?
I agree with these lists. The Way is good, Descendants very good. Hugo good. Footloose sucked wet dog fur.
I enjoyed The Debt too. I thought The Help was awful. Nicely made with good acting. But the main theme of the movie reminded me too much of the stories Jesse Jackson told about spitting in white people’s food when he worked at some fast food joint. And the Black characters were very very good, but (most) some of the White characters were very very bad racists. And that made the poo pie okay......
So naturally, the liberals love the movie.
Loved that movie, also the two Herzog documentaries Into the Abyss and Cave of Dreams were awesome. Take Shelter was a great slow burner, and Stake Land was an awesome kick arse horror flick.
James Cagney? Damn, I thought he was dead. Looks pretty good there.
I just saw Warhorse last Friday.
For its imagery, it’s a beautifully done film; and the general plot and story-line do make a great tale.
One big problem I had was - to my mind - the actor for one of the key characters, the young man who raises the horse from birth, was chosen more for his appearance than his acting ability. By the story you wanted to totally empathize with him, but as an actor he was less than convincing - for me.
I had only one really great concern about the movie. I hope to G-d that some of what they put the horse through was no where near as dreadful in real life as they made it seem on screen. For that aspect alone, I want to give an Oscar to the horse.
Perfect! (See #27.) You answered my 2nd question, that I couldn’t figure out myself: who does he look like?
I strongly disagree with him on Moneyball. I found it to be pointless, with almost nothing about the story to even consider making a movie about.
The best movies I have seen this year are Touchback with Kurt Russell, Win Win, and The Music Never Stopped. I enjoyed Courageous as well.
The new version of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is the worst major move I’ve seen in some time.
Close. Malcolm McDowell.
Maybe he knows something about movies. Given all the people who you might agree with about politics who say they never go to the movies at all, there are a lot of opinions about movies that are worth less than his.
I rather liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and that Rooney Mara did a great job with the Salander character.
However, when my Mom asked me about it, I said “It may have Christopher Plummer in it, but The Sound of Music it ain’t.”
Very well done film. It's actually a re-make of an Israeli film.
War Horse the movie was nothing compared to the brutal stage version currently running in major cities around the world. Because of the use of gigantic puppets, the brutality was maximized rather than minimized as in this film. There was no scene of the horses being trained to ignore gun shots - by firing close to their ears. Or horses being put to death by having knives thrust into their brains. The best scene in the film was the barbed wire scene. It was also beautifully done on stage.
I did enjoy Midnight in Paris, as a 20s literary fan.
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